[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book II)]
[July 1, 1995]
[Pages 1961-1971]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]


         Appendix C / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1995



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The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press 
Secretary which are not included in this book.

Released July 5

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of 
President Ernesto Perez Balladares of Panama on September 7

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's letter to 
congressional leaders on AIDS legislation

Released July 6

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's upcoming 
visit to the United Kingdom and Ireland

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of 
President Nicephore Soglo of Benin on July 13

Released July 10

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the announcement by Burmese 
authorities of the release of Aung San Suu Kyi

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of Prime 
Minister P.J. Patterson of Jamaica

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the District of 
Minnesota

Released July 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing on the President's decision to normalize 
diplomatic relations with Vietnam by National Security Adviser Anthony 
Lake, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hershel Gober, and Assistant 
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Winston Lord

Transcript of a press briefing on proposed budget legislation by Chief 
of Staff Leon Panetta, Secretary of Education Richard Riley, Office of 
Management and Budget Director Alice Rivlin, and Deputy Secretary of 
Labor Thomas P. Glynn

Press package on the President's announcement on Vietnam, which 
included:

    Fact sheet on progress
    Fact sheet on background on POW/MIA accounting
    Fact sheet on background on economic relationships
    Fact sheet on background on diplomatic relationships

Released July 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Education Richard Riley 
and Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal 
Counsel, on religious expression in public schools

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on National Security Adviser 
Anthony Lake's meeting with Ching-lee Chen, wife of human rights 
activist Harry Wu

Released July 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting 
with President Nicephore Soglo of Benin

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's approval of 
the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's telephone 
conversations with President Jacques Chirac of France and Chancellor 
Helmut Kohl of Germany on Bosnia

Released July 14

Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released July 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of the President's request for additional funds for 
antiterrorism initiatives

Announcement of the President's transmittal to the Congress of 1996 
budget amendments for the Departments of Defense and Health and Human 
Services and the Social Security Administration

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Released July 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Special Associate Counsel to the President Mark D. Fabiani 
on the Senate Whitewater hearings

Announcement of nominations for Chief Executive Officer and a member of 
the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Director of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development

Announcement of nomination for Inspector General of the Department of 
Education

Released July 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Senior Adviser for Policy and Strategy 
George Stephanopoulos and Special Counsel to the President Chris Edley 
on affirmative action

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

Released July 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's plans to 
attend World War II 50th anniversary commemorations in Honolulu, HI

Transcript of remarks by National Security Adviser Anthony Lake to the 
National League of POW/MIA Families

Announcement of nomination for Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans 
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

Released July 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of White House tours for Korean war veterans and their 
families

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania

Released July 22

Statement by Counsel to the President Abner Mikva on Independent Counsel 
interviews with the President and Hillary Clinton

Released July 23

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the joint United Kingdom-
France-United States message to the Bosnian Serb leadership

Released July 24

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Korean War Veterans 
Memorial dedication ceremony

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released July 25

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Supreme Court decision 
upholding Megan's Law

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Tenth 
Circuit

Released July 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development Henry Cisneros on empowerment zones

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior 
Director for Asian Affairs Stanley Owen Roth on the visit of President 
Kim Yong-sam of South Korea

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the inquiry into the death 
of Michael Devine and the disappearance of Efrain Bamaca Velasquez

Fact sheet on proposed foreign relations legislation

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the District of the 
Virgin Islands

Released July 27

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the meeting between 
administration officials and nongovernmental organizations involved in 
Burundi

Transcript of a press briefing on the nuclear framework with North Korea 
by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs 
Winston Lord, National Security Council Senior Director for Asian 
Affairs Stanley Owen Roth, and National Security Council Senior Director 
for Nonproliferation and Export Controls Daniel B. Poneman

Released July 28

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's telephone 
conversation with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia

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Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the award of the 
Presidential Citizens Medal to Maj. Richard J. Meadows, USA (Ret.)

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the participation of former 
President Gerald Ford and Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott in 
the upcoming CSCE Helsinki Final Act 20th Anniversary Symposium in 
Helsinki on August 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and 
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner on 
appropriations legislation

Released July 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget 
Director Alice Rivlin and Council of Economic Advisers member Martin 
Bailey on the midsession review of the Federal budget

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant to the President for 
Domestic Policy Bruce Reed in Burlington, VT, on welfare reform

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's 
establishment of Presidential Emergency Board No. 227

Released August 1

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on House action to lift the 
arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Court Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida

Released August 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming working visit 
of Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg on August 7

Released August 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming working visit 
of President Sali Berisha of Albania on September 11

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on U.S. counterterrorism 
policy

Fact sheet listing administration accomplishments on terrorism

Announcement of emergency funds for fishermen in the Northwest, 
Northeast, and the Gulf of Mexico and for Oklahoma

Released August 4

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Executive order on 
access to classified information

Released August 5

Announcement of amendments to FY 1996 appropriations requests for the 
Department of Energy

Released August 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's telephone 
conversations with Prime Minister John Major of the United Kingdom, 
President Jacques Chirac of France, and Chancellor Helmut Kohl of 
Germany

Released August 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Environmental Protection Agency 
Administrator Carol Browner on environmental protection

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the annual report to 
Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming working visit 
of President Ion Iliescu of Romania on September 26

Released August 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on human rights violations 
committed by Bosnian-Serb forces

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of 
Texas

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania

Released August 10

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's upcoming 
visit to Asia on November 16-21 to participate in the APEC leaders 
meeting

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Health and Human Services 
Donna Shalala and Commissioner of Food and Drugs David Kessler on 
proposed regulations on teenage smoking

Released August 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior 
Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control Robert Bell on the 
comprehensive test ban treaty

Transcript of a press briefing by C.M. (Mick) Kicklighter, Executive 
Director of the 50th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration 
Committee, and World War II veterans on ceremonies commemorating V-J Day

Announcement of nomination for six U.S. District Court Judges

Fact sheet on comprehensive test ban treaty safeguards

Fact sheet on arms control and nonproliferation

Released August 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the appointment of 
Donald A. Baer as Assistant to the President and Director of 
Communications

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming meeting of 
Angolan leaders in Franceville, Gabon, on August 10

Released August 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Ginny Terzano

Released August 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Ginny Terzano

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the nuclear test by China 
at the Lop Nur test site

Statement by Special Associate Counsel to the President Mark Fabiani on 
the Independent Counsel's indictments

Released August 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Ginny Terzano

Announcement of Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt's appointment of 
a Special Representative for the Guam commonwealth negotiations

Released August 19

Statement by National Security Adviser Anthony Lake on the death of the 
American diplomats in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Released August 21

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the terrorist attack in 
Jerusalem

Released August 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Ginny Terzano

Released August 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the decision to award 
posthumously the Presidential Citizens Medal to Ambassador Robert C. 
Frasure, Dr. Joseph J. Kruzel, and Col. S. Nelson Drew, USAF

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting 
with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs 
Richard Holbrooke and the new members of the team which will continue 
diplomatic efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Released August 24

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the expulsion of Harry Wu 
from China

Released August 25

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing that the First Lady 
will attend the United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing, 
China, September 5-6

Released September 1

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the alternative plan for 
Federal pay adjustment

Released September 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released September 5

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the amendment adopted by 
the Senate in favor of prompt ratification of the START II treaty and 
the Chemical Weapons Convention

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the underground nuclear 
test by France at the Mururoa test site

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of David T. 
Johnson as Special Assistant to the President, Deputy White House Press 
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and National Security Council Senior 
Director of Public Affairs

Released September 6

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of Jill A. 
Schuker as Special Assistant

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to the President and Deputy Director for National Security Policy

Announcement of the President's letter to congressional leaders on 
welfare reform

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit

Released September 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Senior Policy Adviser to the Vice 
President Elaine Kamarck and Office of Management and Budget Deputy 
Director for Management John Koskinen on the National Performance Review

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of Antony 
J. Blinkin as Special Assistant to the President for National Security 
Affairs and Senior Director for Speech Writing, National Security 
Council

Released September 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released September 11

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the Presidential 
Medal of Freedom recipients

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting 
with Principals Committee members and Assistant Secretary of State 
Richard Holbrooke on Bosnia-Herzegovina

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of 
President Thomas Klestil of Austria

Released September 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting 
with President Sali Berisha of Albania

White House statement on career transition assistance for Federal 
employees

Statement by National Economic Adviser Laura D'Andrea Tyson on 
Republican proposals for medical savings accounts

Transcript of remarks by Secretary of State Warren Christopher and 
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mate Granic of 
Croatia on the negotiations for peace in Bosnia and Croatia

Released September 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting 
with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson of Jamaica

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of 
President Jacques Chirac of France

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the meeting between Vice 
President Albert Gore, Jr., and His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on National Security Adviser 
Anthony Lake's meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams of Ireland

Released September 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released September 15

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen 
Glynn

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior 
Director for European Affairs Alexander Vershbow on the cease-fire 
agreement in Bosnia

Released September 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes on 
the President's trip to Pennsylvania, Florida, Colorado, and California

Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on lobby reform legislation

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the District of New 
Jersey

Released September 19

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's letter to 
the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission on the Children's 
Television Act of 1990

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the Western District of 
Texas

Released September 20

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of 
Stephanie Streett and Anne L. Walley as Deputy Assistants to the 
President and Directors of Scheduling

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Westinghouse commitment 
to increase CBS's educational and informational programs for children

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the retirement of 
White House Counsel Abner Mikva and the appointment of Jack Quinn

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Released September 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on his 
letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich and 
Senate majority leader Bob Dole on the proposal for a continuing 
resolution

Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce 
and Office of Policy and Strategic Planning Director Jonathan Sallet on 
the technological initiative in California schools

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on Chief of Staff Leon 
Panetta's letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt 
Gingrich and Senate majority leader Bob Dole on the proposal for a 
continuing resolution

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the results of the meeting 
on Bosnia between the Principals Committee and the U.S. negotiating team

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on Office of Management and 
Budget Director Alice Rivlin's letter to Senator Frank Murkowski on 
attempts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling

Released September 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and 
Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt on the Interior Department 
appropriations bill

Statement by Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., on the Interior Department 
appropriations bill

Released September 25

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released September 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting 
with President Ion Iliescu of Romania

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the first roundtable 
conference of donors on Angola

Released September 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Ambassador Dennis Ross, Special Middle 
East Coordinator, on the Middle East peace process

Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the continuing resolution 
agreement

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget 
Director Alice Rivlin on Senate action on the VA/HUD appropriations bill

Released September 28

Joint declaration of the Washington summit

Fact sheet on nuclear materials security in the former Soviet Union

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on action to reduce the risk 
of illicit transfer of nuclear weapons

Released September 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's upcoming 
visit to Madrid, Spain, for the European Union-U.S. summit

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of 
President Suleyman Demirel of Turkey

White House statement on the Intelligence Oversight Board review of CIA 
communications to Congress and the Department of Justice

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the establishment of a 
Presidential Emergency Board to resolve the dispute between the Metro-
North Commuter Railroad and its workers

Announcement of nomination for three U.S. District Court Judges

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the announcement by 
Director of Central Intelligence John Deutch of disciplinary decisions 
regarding CIA operations in Guatemala

Released September 30

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the meeting between Vice 
President Albert Gore, Jr., and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign 
Minister Richard Spring of Ireland

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the U.S. Court of Appeals 
decision on religious expression in schools

Released October 1

Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the Republican Medicaid 
proposal and spousal impoverishment

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the underground nuclear 
test by France at the Fangataufa test site in the South Pacific

Released October 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's upcoming 
summit with President Jiang Zemin of China

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Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the review of the October 1 
statement by General Abacha of Nigeria

Announcement of the 1995 National Medal of the Arts recipients and the 
1995 Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities recipients to be honored on 
October 5

Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Tax Court Judge

Released October 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released October 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and 
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers on Mexico's economy

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior 
Director for European Affairs Alexander Vershbow on Bosnia

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on Executive Order 12976--
Compensation Practices of Government Corporations

Released October 6

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Fact sheet on export controls on computers

Released October 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the 
Republican tax increases on working families

Released October 10

Transcript of a press briefing on the President's meeting with President 
Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico James Jones, 
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Alexander 
Watson, and National Security Council Senior Director for Inter-American 
Affairs Richard Feinberg

Released October 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Bosnian cease-fire 
agreement

Announcement of nomination for three U.S. District Court Judges

Released October 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released October 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's plans to 
attend the dedication of the National Czech and Slovak Museum and 
Library in Cedar Rapids, IA, on October 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget 
Director Alice Rivlin and National Economic Adviser Laura D'Andrea Tyson 
on Republican budget proposals

Released October 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the 1995 Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Awards

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of 
President Soeharto of Indonesia

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing Turkey's 
postponement of the visit of President Suleyman Demirel

Released October 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, 
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Office of 
Science and Technology Policy Director John H. Gibbons, and National 
Economic Adviser Laura D'Andrea Tyson on the importance of science and 
technology to economic growth

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on treatment of prisoners by 
the Nigerian military regime

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the cloture vote on the 
Helms/Burton legislation on Cuba

Announcement of nomination for three U.S. District Court Judges

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the postponement of the 
state visit of President Jacques Chirac of France

Released October 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser 
Samuel Berger on the President's visit to New York City

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the President's 
intention to veto Medicare legislation

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's letter to 
Senator Edward M. Kennedy on proposed employment non-discrimination 
legislation

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Released October 20

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the postponement of the 
Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the resignation of NATO 
Secretary General Willy Claes

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and 
Western Districts of Missouri

Released October 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Anthony Lake 
on the President's meetings and activities at the 50th anniversary of 
the United Nations

Transcript of a press briefing on sanctions against Cali cartel drug 
traffickers by Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics 
and Law Enforcement Matters Robert Gelbard; Department of the Treasury 
Office of Foreign Assets Control Director R. Richard Newcombe; Acting 
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs 
George Ward; and National Security Council Senior Director for Global 
Issues and Multilateral Affairs Richard Clarke

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing that the President 
signed H.R. 1976, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996

Fact sheets on the President's speech at the United Nations 50th 
anniversary

Released October 23

Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a roundtable discussion led by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta 
on the impact of the Republican budget on children

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the President's and 
Hillary Clinton's upcoming visit to Japan

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the relocation of 
the President's meeting with President Jiang Zemin of China

Fact sheet on nuclear materials security

Released October 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant Secretary of State for East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs Winston Lord and National Security Council 
Director of Asian Affairs Robert Suettinger on the President's meeting 
with President Jiang Zemin of China

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior 
Director for Public Affairs David Johnson on the President's meeting 
with President Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on legislation to require the 
relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Released October 25

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released October 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the budget vote by the House 
of Representatives

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the signing of Saudi 
Arabian airlines contracts for aircraft purchases

Fact sheet on the Saudi Arabian airlines contracts for aircraft 
purchases

Released October 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting 
with President Soeharto of Indonesia

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the meeting between Vice 
President Albert Gore, Jr., National Security Adviser Anthony Lake, and 
Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the dedication of the 
memorial cairn to the victims of the terrorist bombing of Pan American 
Flight 103

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit

Released October 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released October 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released November 1

Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the meeting between Vice 
President Albert Gore, Jr., and Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party 
leader David Trimble

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Released November 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing that the President 
signed S. 227, the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recording Act of 
1995

Released November 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Excerpt of remarks in November 1 roundtable with the Trotter Group

Released November 4

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released November 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of the inscriptions by the President and Hillary Clinton in 
the condolence book at the Israeli Embassy

Listing of the U.S. delegation to the funeral of Prime Minister Yitzhak 
Rabin of Israel

Released November 6

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk 
on the President's visit to Israel

Released November 7

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on National Security Adviser 
Anthony Lake's meeting with POW/MIA representatives on relations with 
Vietnam

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of 
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola

Released November 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released November 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and 
Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin on debt extension legislation and 
the continuing resolution

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Nigerian Provisional 
Ruling Council's decision on the death sentences for environmental and 
human rights activists

Released November 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry condemning the execution of 
environmental and human rights activists in Nigeria

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry summarizing the Department of 
Energy's report to the Chief of Staff on the Department's media analysis 
contract

Released November 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and 
Office of Management and Budget Director Alice Rivlin

Released November 12

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on continuing resolution and 
debt extension legislation

Released November 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released November 15

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on National Security Adviser 
Anthony Lake's meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams of Ireland

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's 
postponement of his planned visit to Japan

Released November 19

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the attack on the Egyptian 
Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan

Released November 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released November 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's telephone 
conversations with President Lech Walesa and President-elect Aleksander 
Kwasniewski of Poland

Released November 22

White House announcement on the First Family's Thanksgiving holiday at 
Camp David, MD

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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Released November 24

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's upcoming 
visit to Ramstein, Germany, on December 2

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming official visit 
by Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel on December 11

Released November 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of nomination for four U.S. District Court Judges

Released November 28

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by George Mitchell, Special Adviser to 
the President and Secretary of State on Economic Initiatives for 
Ireland, on arms decommissioning

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing that the President 
signed S. 395, ending the ban on exporting oil from Alaska's North Slope

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing that the President 
signed H.R. 440, releasing more than $5 billion for transportation 
projects

Released November 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of remarks by George Mitchell, Special Adviser to the 
President and Secretary of State on Economic Initiatives for Ireland

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on House action on the VA/HUD 
appropriations bill

Released November 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released December 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the situation in Burma

Released December 2

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing that former 
Governor Ann W. Richards of Texas will head the U.S. delegation to the 
26th International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent on 
December 3-8 in Geneva, Switzerland

Fact sheet on the President's trip to Madrid, Spain

Fact sheet entitled ``The U.S.-EU Economic Relationship: Expanding and 
Enhancing the Transatlantic Marketplace''

Released December 3

Fact sheet entitled ``The U.S.-EU Economic Relationship: The New 
Transatlantic Marketplace''

Released December 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of the release of the second customer service standards 
report issued by the National Performance Review

Released December 6

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released December 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Court Judges for the 
Eastern District of Wisconsin and the Western District of Tennessee

Released December 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Court Judge for the 
Northern District of Alabama

Released December 11

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's letter to 
Senate Democratic leader Thomas Daschle on the plan for implementation 
of the Balkan peace agreement

Released December 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on National Security Adviser 
Anthony Lake's meeting with Wei Shanshan, sister of Chinese democracy 
activist Wei Jingsheng

Announcement of nomination of U.S. District Judges for the Western 
District of Virginia and the Northern District of Texas

Released December 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on China's conviction and 
imprisonment of democracy activist Wei Jingsheng

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Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the apprehension of 
suspected terrorist Wali Khan

Announcement of nomination of U.S. District Judge for the Western 
District of Missouri

Released December 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the United Nations vote of 
condemnation on the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others by the 
Nigerian Government

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the Presidential 
delegation to observe the Haitian Presidential elections on December 17

Announcement of economic reconstruction and humanitarian assistance for 
Bosnia

Released December 15

Transcript of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior 
Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls Daniel B. Poneman on 
the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

Announcement on the presentation of Presidential Citizens Medals to the 
families of the three U.S. diplomats who died in Bosnia on August 19

Released December 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of nomination for District of Columbia Superior Court Judge

Released December 19

Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., 
Senator Tom Daschle, and Representative Dick Gephardt on the President's 
meeting with congressional leaders

Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana and the Northern District of Texas

Released December 20

Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released December 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the seventh anniversary of 
the terrorist attack on Pan American Flight 103

Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the District of 
Montana and the District of Hawaii

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the resumption of the 
budget advisers' discussions

Released December 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and Santa 
Claus

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the congressional veto 
override of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the appointment of 
Michael Waldman as Deputy Assistant to the President for Speechwriting

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the appointment of 
Victoria L. Radd as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy 
Director of Communications

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the ongoing violence in 
Burundi

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing that the President 
signed legislation designating the Federal Triangle project currently 
under construction as the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade 
Center

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Southern 
District of Ohio

Announcement of nominations for U.S. Court of Appeals Judges for the 
Fourth Circuit

Released December 26

Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's upcoming 
visit to Japan on April 17-18, 1996

Released December 28

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

White House announcement on the President's veto of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996

Released December 29

Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released December 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry